Combined step-ladder and ironing-board.



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CATHERINE O.

OR'WIG, OF SMI'II-IFIELD,

ILLINOIS.

COMBINED STEP-LADDER. AND IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Application filed February 14, 1912. Serial No. 677,475.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHERINE O. ORWIG,

a citizen of the United States, residing at improvements in combinedstep ladders and ironing tables and my object is to provide a device ofthis character which is readily adapted for use in either capacity andwhich may be compactly folded for storage pur- Q swung Verticallythereof, asshown in Fig. 3

poses.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a board which isslidably disposed on the supporting means for the ladder and a stillfurther object resides in providing a folding support for the boardwhereby said board and folding support may be readily disposed betweenand secured to the supporting means for the lad-- der to be entirely outof use.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device which issimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which is veryeflicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out'in thespecification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure1 is a side elevation of my device set up for use as an ironing table;Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofthe device set up for use as a step ladder and showing the ironing tableattachment folded in its inoperative position; Fig. 4 is a verticalsection as seen on line 41 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a section as seen online 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention, I shall refer to the drawings, in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which 1 indicates a ladder comprising siderails 2 between which are secured thestep pieces 3, said ladder beingadapted for upright support by means of the prop 4.. pivotally carriedon a round 5. This round 5 is held between the upper ends of the sidepieces 2 and the outward swinging -movement. of said prop is limited bymeans of a back piece 6 secured to the rear edges of said side pieces'at their upper ends.

The side rails of the prop 4 for the ladder, are held together by meansof alower round 7 and an intermediate round 8, and a board 9 is carriedon said round 8 by being provided on its under face with the spacedguide rails or barslO through which extends said round 8. This board 9is, therefore, slidably carried on the supporting means for the ladder,so that the same may be or projected therefrom, as shown in Fig. 1, andI have provided a supporting means for the board when disposed in itshorizontal and projected position.

The lower round 7 of the prop 4 has pivotally mounted thereon the bars11 which are ofany suitable length-and held togetherat their oppositeends by means of an additional round 12, while said latter round haspivotally mounted thereon an additional frame 13 comprising a pair ofside rails secured at their outer ends by means of a cross bar 14 andheld together adjacent the inner end by means of a round 15. The bars 11forming a frame in themselves are adapted to rest on the floor while theframe 13 is adapted to extend vertically thereof to receive on the uppercrossbar 14, the under face of the board 9 adjacent its outer end and inorder to support the frame 13 in its vertical position, I provide a pairof bracing arms 16 on the round 15. These bracing arms are pivotallymounted on saidround 15 and the free ends of the same are provided withnotches 17 adapted to engage the additional. round 18 secured betweenthe bars 11. From this construct-ion, it will be seen that when theboard .9 has been disposed ,in its projected position and the supportingframe set up in the position shown in Fig. 1, said board will besupported in position for use. In order to prevent, however, the slidingmovement of said board during the use thereof, the under face of thesame adjacent its inner end is provided with a groove 19 which isadapted to receive the round 8, as shown in Fig. 5, when the board isproperly disposed in its extended position.

From the above description, it will be seen that the device may bereadily disposed top rail 14 of the rail 13. When so posiin position tobe used as an ironing table at any time desired, but should it be foundnecessary to use the device as a ladder and undesirable to allow thedevice to remain standing as an ironing table, the table portion "of thedevice may be readily folded.-

This is accomplished by first raising the board 9 from the positionshown in Fig. 1

and sliding the same on the round 8 until said board is disposed in asubstantially vertical position on saidround, whereupon the bracing arms16 are disengaged from the round 18and the bars 11 together with theframe 13 folded up against the board 9 and between the side rails of theprop. vThis position may be readily seen from the disclosure made inFig. 8 of the drawings, and in order to retain the device in its foldedposition, the pivoted latch members or keepers 20 are provided on theprop 4 and adapted to be disposed in position to engage the tioned,the'table portion of the device will be securely held between the proplegs of the ladder and the device wholly used as aladder.

- From the foregoing, it will be seen that I I have provided a simple,inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of myinvention, and while I have particularly described the elements mostwell adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is 7' obvious thatvarious changes in form, procombination with a ladder and prop thereforcomprising a pair of supporting standards, a transverse .bar connectingthe same; of a board slidablyarranged on said transverse bar, a foldingframe pivotally carried between said standards and adapted to supportsaid board in its extended position, and pivoted latch members carriedon said standards to lock said board and frame in folded positionbetween the. standards.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing2. In a device of the class described the combination with a ladder, andprop therefor comprising a pair of standards having a transverse bar'connecting the same, of a board slidably arranged thereon, a pair ofbars pivotally mounted on the lower ends of said standards, framepivotally connected to the opposite ends of said bars, a transverse rodconnecting said bars, and bracin armsnpivotally carried onsaid frame ancadapted to engage the last referred to rod to support said frame in avertical position, whereby said board may be in turn supported initsextended position.

,3. In a device ofthe class described the combination with a ladder, andprop therefor comprising a pair of standards having a round connectingthe same; ofa board provided with guide rails on the under face thereofthrough which said round extends, a folding supporting frame for theboard pivotally carried between said standards, and means to lock saidboard and supporting frame in folded position between the standards, 1

4. In adevice of the class described, the combination with a ladder, aprop therefor comprising a pair of standards, a transverse barconnecting said standards; of a board, a pair of guide rails secured tothe under face of said board and spaced therefrom, said guide railsreceiving therein the transverse bar connecting the standards topivotally andslidably mount said board between the standards, the underface of said board being provided adjacent its one end with a grooveadapted to receive said transverse bar therein, a folding sup-portingframe pivotally carried between said standards at the lower endsthereof, and means to support one section of said foldingframe at rightangles to the other section thereof, whereby one of said sections willbe disposed in position to receive the outer portion of said boardthereon.

, In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CATHERINE O. ORWIG. Witnesses:

JOHN W. MILLER, JOH L. MI LER.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. V

